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General Computer Support / Re: Performance improved after WinRep, but still some issues

« on: February 19, 2014, 11:46:04 am »

So this looks weird.  When I opened the memclean settings and clicked on task scheduler it opened and I got this popup:

Task Scheduler

The task image is corrupt or has been tampered with.User_Feed_Synchronization-{DA59DA69-57AA-47D3-8A4E-0A47FD866315}

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General Computer Support / Re: Performance improved after WinRep, but still some issues

« on: February 19, 2014, 11:14:08 am »

Hi again.  I installed cleanmem and ran it last night.  Seemed to make a big difference.  I had several programs open and was pushing the limit of my 1gb of ram, but I didn't experience any severe unresponsiveness as I had in the past which would make me give up and go do something else for a while.

Question though.  Do I need to run just the cleanmem settings controller or the mini-monitor or both for it to take effect?  I just opened the mini-monitor but it seems unresponsive or slow to start up, and the settings hasn't even appeared yet, and I opened them both about ten minutes ago or more.

On a separate issue-  Do I really need Mcafee if I have Microsoft Security Essentials?  I imagine it might just be an extra burden on my memory.  I already run at about 50% mem capacity with just windows and MSE active.


Update:  A couple minutes after I posted this minmonitor finished opening.  I'm going to try to run the settings again now.  I'm at 60% according to minmon, and the only applications I have open are Google Chrome and MUSHclient (text based online game client).

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General Computer Support / Re: Performance improved after WinRep, but still some issues

« on: February 18, 2014, 09:16:07 pm »

I'll give it a go.  Thanks again.

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General Computer Support / Performance improved after WinRep, but still some issues

« on: February 14, 2014, 10:40:12 am »

So I downloaded Windows Repair recently and ran the file check, bad sector check, and the fix, and I noticed a dramatic improvement in performance.  Extremely glad I tried this out.

Only thing is after I've been using my computer a while it seems like it will occasionally revert to creeping along at a snails pace again.  Restarting fixes it temporarily.  I'm going to run a virus scan later with MSE and defrag when I go to bed tonight, but I was wondering if anyone here has any tips on improving performance on a Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 2.

Details: Genuine Intel(R) CPU      2140 @ 1.6 GHz   RAM 1.0 GB   32 bit OS

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

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Tweaking.com Support & Help / Re: Sharing violation error while installing Windows Repair

« on: February 12, 2014, 12:17:21 pm »

Will do.  Also I realized not long after I posted that MSE apparently is MSAV.  I think they changed the name after it's beta version.

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Tweaking.com Support & Help / Re: Sharing violation error while installing Windows Repair

« on: February 12, 2014, 11:22:04 am »

Thanks for your help!  I had exited Mcafee but forgot Microsoft security essentials real time protection was running so I toggled it off and ran the installer again, it eventually installed but I did get an error about being unable to update a certain file and restarted and finished installing, but not before getting the sharing violation error one more time.

I ran the repair and restarted and Windows seemed to start up more quickly, but I'm still experiencing bouts of unresponsiveness when navigating from file to file.   Going to run it again in just a bit after doing the optional file checks that I skipped the first time.  Also probably going to download Microsoft's free Anti-Virus software and see if that helps.  Not sure if Microsoft's AV is better than Mcafee, but I've heard good things.

Thanks again!

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Tweaking.com Support & Help / Sharing violation error while installing Windows Repair

« on: February 12, 2014, 08:44:19 am »

I just downloaded Windows Repair after reading some positive reviews because my computer is painfully slow when accessing the file system and a problem scan revealed registry and memory errors.

When I try to install I got an error a couple of times that said "Encountered a sharing violation while accessing C:\Program Files\Tweaking.com\Windows Repair(All in One)\files\settings.ini".

I tried selecting run as administrator when I opened it, and now it's the same message but with "fix_exe_hijack.inf" instead.